Monday

We have had a busy start to our week with lots of role play in the garden using our small world dinosaurs 🦖 they showed how to care for them by feeding them & using their voice to create the different sounds of the dinosaurs. Some of the children have been playing cards developing their memory skills as well as speed when they were playing snap.

Tuesday

Today we have had lots of creating with our junk modelling & some elaborate structures created. The children will then use the models in their play which today was used as many different props.  At snack we had some fantastic helpers to chop our fruit developing fine motor skills as well good life skills.

 

Wednesday

Some children were using the fire engine to role play they then used ropes for their own fire & rescue operation. They spent quite some time negotiating how they were developing the role play. Some children explored a new number matching game.

Thursday

Today some of the children performed singing & dancing with each performance receiving the thumbs up from the audience there was a wide variety in performances for us all to enjoy. The blocks have been popular today using them to build engines & exploring using our voice to create characters in the role play.

Friday

Today was our first day at Newport nursery. The children helped to set up the room which was very exciting as they explored both indoors & the garden. We are looking forward to exploring our new surroundings further next week.

Decant to Newport – Reminder that between Friday 4th July – Friday 15th August, Ferryport Nursery will be at Newport Primary School. This is so essential works can be carried out to the building. If you need to contact us for any reason at all (sickness, absences, general enquiries) between Thursday 3 July – 18th August, please use our mobile number 07872 699292.  Please leave a message and a team member will get back to you. The e-mails will not be monitored or answered during this time.  Many thanks.

If your child is not coming back to Ferryport in August – Please ensure you collect all of your child’s belongings.

Important Dates  – Closures – Monday 21st July – Closed to all nursery pupils and staff.

Monday 18th and Tuesday 19th August – Inservice Day for all staff – Ferryport Nursery Closed to pupils. Will reopen on Wednesday 20th August.

School Holidays – Tayport Primary School starts school holidays from 3pm on Thursday 3rd July and will reopen to staff on Monday 18th August and to pupils on Wednesday 20th August. Emails and calls will not be picked up during this time.

Lending Library – Please return any library books back to us by Thursday 3rd July.

Tempest – Orders can be made using the link that was emailed out.

Summer Reading Challenge  –  Please get involved and use Tayport’s Library over the summer break.  Click here to find out more.

Monday: This morning some of us have been  exploring in the garden. We rescued a frog, found a little baby bird and have shown lots of interest in the plants around the garden. Inside a few of us have been mark making at the writing table and being creative at the junk modelling.

 

Tuesday: Today some of us are now able to fold our own paper aeroplanes and helping others to make them. At the art table we have been developing our eye and hand coordination to make bracelets. In the garden some of us have been enjoying water play in the garden using different size containers to fill and pour.

Wednesday: This morning we all enjoyed a trip to our local fire station. We found out what fire fighters do, held the water hose and had a look around inside the fire station, learning about people in our community. Then back to nursery for snack and enjoying role play in the garden.

Thursday: This morning some of us have been at the writing table developing our mark making skills and practicing forming letters and words. Some of us have been making play dough and have been measuring and turn taking. Outside we have been enjoying role play in the playhouse.

Friday: A few of us have been creating a stage at the construction area and performing a show, singing and dancing. We have enjoyed water play pouring and filling using different size containers. Outside in the garden some of us have been creating stepping stones developing our balance and co ordination skills and playing red light, green light.

Monday

This morning some of the children planted our carrots and onions into bigger pots. They are growing well. We gave then some water.

A group of children made windmills with Mrs Wright then experimented with them in the garden to see how they move in the wind.

 

Tuesday

Some of the children have been exploring the new den, using their senses to explore the different textures and watching the light change on the disco balls.

A group of children went to explore the shore this morning. One of the children led the session by talking to the other children about the “beach rules” we explored the rocks, found creatures rock pools,
and used loose parts to create transient art.

Wednesday

 

This morning our preschool children enjoyed a transition day visit to school. They explored the class room discovering all of the new resources and meeting new friends. Then they had a group activity with a school teacher followed by lunch in the lunch hall with their families.

At nursery the children asked to play musical statues. With a little adult support they used the smart board to find music to dance to. All of the children listened well for the music to stop. Following instructions to play the game.

Thursday

A group of children made musical instruments using the junk modelling material. They used their instruments to make a band and played music for the audience.

We had an outdoor Bookbug session. We sang songs and rhymes together, played games with the sparkly blanket and enjoyed a story called Some of our children received a Bookbug bag to take home to share with their families. See link below for details of the gifting program.

https://www.scottishbooktrust.com/reading-and-stories/bookbug/bookbug-bags

Friday

This morning we made play dough, developing our maths skills by practicing weighing and measuring. We weighed and measured all of the ingredients and followed the recipe. Working well together to share and take turns. The children then used the dough to play a game of cafes, developing their role play games.

We have been keeping ourselves and our friends safe by doing the daily risks assessment in the garden. Ticking off if the gates are closed. We then check all of the garden before we start to play and move anything that should not be in the garden to keep us safe.

 

 

Monday  – 09/06/25

Today there was a lot of interest in the art area where some children were drawing their favourite characters which went deep into a discussion about favourite movies. Some children created a ‘jumping platform’ with the blocks , a lot of turn taking and body control.

Out in the garden there was a few that created a game with the hula hoops , a lot of rolling , then through sharing ideas among one another they attached the different sized hoops together to step or jump round or into , one child choose to spin round with the big hoop showing exciting as he followed it round.

 

Tuesday – 10/06/25.

Today we were in separate groups as 1 stayed back at the nursery and the 2nd group took a walk to the beach in the sunshine. At nursery there was lots of technology use , using the mouse/keyboard to size pictures and researching images following on from Mondays discussions to print off and cut out.

Out in the garden a few of the children had created their own ramps and used the balls to see the force they went down from a variety of heights.

At the beach children were leading their own learning , one leading the beach charter and some organising the games , it lead to a variety of activities involving mark making , imaginative play with the rocks and then onto a hunt. There was a lot of discussions of sizes , shapes and the tide being near/far , fast/slow.

 

Wednesday 11/06/2025.

Today there was a variety of play around the nursery , while most of the children went along to school to meet their buddies for primary 1 the younger children spent a lot of time exploring mathematical play with the coloured bears , matching , sorting and counting them. The main focus was height , measuring them small to big and big to small.
There was a lot of exploring in the garden with the scooters and managing our ball skills by throwing , kicking and bouncing.

Thursday 12/06/2025.

Today there was creative songs and music using the iPad , exploring/experimenting with different tempos , high/low , fast/slow , loud/quiet even got in some dance moves. A small group got together to sing some rhymes and songs. We celebrated a fifth birthday today , we sang happy birthday almost all our children shared some delicious cake. Some of the children helped create anew sensory den in the nursery garden, offering suggestions of what they would like the den.

Outside a small group of children were building with the polydron

, we had lasers , swords and role playing different characters of their favourite movies.

Friday 13/06/2025

Today some of the children were building with the blocks , there was a lot of role play  including discussions showing knowledge of the outside world and how we work.
We then took a walk along to our community garden where we  sat down to listen to instructions – developing our listening skills.

’Can we all find the pond?’ .. with excitement everyone explored the garden to find it. We then went through the Willow tunnel with enthusiasm.

’This is amazing’ ‘wow’ ‘look come around this way this is so awsome’

We then collected some willow to thread to make the den , planted some beans , read some stories and took turns on the stepping stones , managing risk and our balance.

 

 

Monday

Today our writing table was very popular with several children creating  cards, pictures, books, ‘writing’ using a variety of media✏️🖍️🖊️✍️. A few of our  children also enjoyed exploring/experimenting with the paper punch using it to add holes to their pictures, books etc as well as exploring how it works, and how many pieces of paper it can punch holes into at once, creating opportunities to develop their use of mathematical language. The garden was also popular today with some children helping to re-pot a variety of plant cuttings and seeds which we hope to use for a venture in the near future……watch this space! Whilst doing this we developed our knowledge of plants and what they need to grow 🌞💦.

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Tuesday

In- Service Day – Nursery closed to children

Wednesday

Today our fantasy cube was used in a variety of ways during role/imaginative play e.g  “I’m driving my car!”🚗 “We’re going to Dundee in the bus” 🚌“This is our police car”🚓. Children sharing/representing their ideas through role/imaginative play whilst developing their knowledge and understanding of the world around them.  Our table top games 🧩were popular today with some of our children developing our turn taking, fine motor and hand/eye coordination.👋👀

Thursday

Today some of our children demonstrated being respectful and responsible by tidying up 🧹the area they had been playing in leaving it nice and tidy for the next person. Some children took responsibility for making sure our nursery garden was safe to play in by completing our daily check list📋. Almost all our children participated in our sports day – developing turn taking skills, gross/fine motor skills and celebrating success. We were joined by lots of parents, grandparents, aunties, uncles, carers, childminders etc who came to cheer our children on resulting in a successful sports day enjoyed by all.🏃🏃‍♀️🏅

 

Friday

Today there was lots of house building in our brick corner🧱 with some children sharing their ideas💡 with others whilst problem solving, discussing who was going to build what part of the house, and what the different rooms were going to be! They then discussed, and decided what furniture they needed before utilising the furniture out of the house corner to furnish their ‘brick’ house. 🏠 A few children also demonstrated their knowledge of fractions by creating a circle using the 4 arch shaped bricks to create a whole circle “Look it’s a circle!”⭕️ Outside today we enjoyed a story in the sunshine before choosing our favourite songs/rhymes to sing together developing our listening and turn taking skills.👂🎶

Tempest – Nursery Group photograph was taken this morning 4^th June.

Nursery sports –  tomorrow (5th June) 11am-12am in Queen St Church gardens weather permitting!  Parents/carers welcome to join us to spectate. We would welcome parent/carer help to walk children along to the church.  We hope to leave nursery at approx. 10.40am.

Parent Chats – As previously mentioned on See Saw  our Parent Chats will be held week beginning 9^th June. Sign up sheets are now available, in our front hall, for you to sign up with your child’s keyworker. If these days/dates don’t suit please speak to a member of staff to arrange a convenient time. Thank you.

Visits – We will be visiting the Community Garden on Friday 13^th June. We aim to leave nursery at approx. 10.45am . Any parent/carer help to walk us along to the garden would be much appreciated

Thank You – A huge well done to all our parents/carers/children as we now have a final total amount for our recent sponsored nursery rhyme time. We have raised an amazing £538 which will now be used to enhance your child’s nursery experience in a variety of ways. A huge thank you again to you all.

Transition Visits – Our pre school children continue to enjoy their transition visits to Tayport Primary  engaging in a variety of different activities whilst becoming familiar with the different aspects of school life.

Learning Wall – Our learning wall interest continues to be  all about ‘Destinations’ i.e Where you live, languages, holidays, transport, The World.  Please feel free to share any photos, experiences with your family etc so we can add them to our learning wall. This allows your child to share their home experiences and opens up more questions for children to explore.

ELC Consultation –  Every few years Fife Council wish to find out about the availability of Early Learning and Childcare (ELC) for families in our area.  Please share your views.  The ELC consultation is available online until Friday 6th June 2025.  Click here to participate in ELC Consultation

 

Monday

There has been lots of creative designs made today at the junk modelling, some of the children explored mixing different paints to create new colours. There was good teamwork whilst discussing what colours to add to make the colours they wanted. In the garden most of the children played with the bubbles exploring different ways to make them, they chased & popped them round the garden.

Tuesday

The Dolphin group went to the beach today which was very exciting as this was the first time this group had went in a smaller group. We had our snack on the grass before we started exploring. Some children made up a game of throwing stones into a tyre that was in the water as well as lots of exploring in rock-pools. Back in nursery water play was popular using pipes & different loose parts.

Wednesday

We have had a new den built in the garden with the children using it in a variety of different ways. The blocks  were popular in the garden to create castles as well as other structures. The children used their imagination to create different characters in the play.  Some of the children visited the school for their transition visit spending time exploring  the Primary 1 class.

 

 

Thursday

Today’s the day the teddy bears have their picnic.

We have been very busy today, all of the children had a picnic with their teddies listening to music & chatting.  We then went on a teddy hunt round the nursery & garden,  enjoying strawberries at the end of the hunt.  We spent the rest of our morning dancing & exploring in the garden.  The parents were invited to join us for a cup of tea/coffee. The teddies had a fantastic day in nursery but all the excitement was a bit too much for them, so they decided to have a big cuddle & a wee rest.

Friday

Some of the children went  to book bug with their adult where they enjoyed lots of singing & stories. In the nursery some of the children spent time recreating the teddy bears  picnic we had yesterday. They set up a tea party for the bears where they spent time making them tea  &  feeding them. At the block area a a vets surgery was built, they took turns of checking the animals over.  There was lots of discussion about how to care for the animals, great team work & negotiating skills.

 

Sponsored Nursery Rhyme Time 🎶🎉

Thank you again to all our parents / carers who have handed in sponsor money for our recent sponsored nursery rhyme time.
We have added up all your sponsor money and can now reveal you have raised an absolutely amazing amount of £538 🎉👏

This money will be used in a variety of ways to enhance your child’s nursery experience .

Thank you again from all at Ferryport Nursery.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Monday

A couple of children have been creating  necklaces developing their fine motor skills to thread, discussing size, colour and shapes.

Today some of the children used coloured cellophane to make glasses/masks. Discovering that everything looks different when looking through the cellophane. They then used them to investigate and explore the garden.

Tuesday

Some of the children have been continuing their interest in jewellery   making. A few have been playing basket ball developing their confidence and resilience skills. There has been an interest in mark making and developing awareness of the alphabet.

Today at beach a new rule had been created to care for the wild life as there were ducks near by. The children were intrigued and asked lots of questions of the function of the water sport they seen.

Wednesday

Transition visit to Tayport primary for nursery leavers sparked an exciting conversation on their return discussing their tour around the school.

 

Using magnetic letters to explore and discovering signalong for letters. ‘What’s in the bag’ created discussions of favourite songs developing confidence and adapting names to personalise the songs.

Thursday

A very busy Thursday, first we had the P6 junior support leaders join us to supported the children during their last practice for sports day. After gym we had a visit from Pauline (previous local librarian) who visited with Bookbug.

Outside a group have been busy looking after the garden, weeding and watering the plants. Lots of discussions about what plants need to grow and noticing that the herbs all smell different.  A child shared it had been National Bumble bee Day this week🐝🐝 they then helped to create a water station for the bees in the nursery garden. We’re excited to see what wildlife will use it.

Friday

This morning we had a farewell snack for our catering member of staff Lynsey which helped the children to understand the transition by asking questions. A child created a “castle” with adult support to introduce new mathematical language ‘symmetrical’. with the blocks who then shared with peers for dramatic role play “I’m the queen.”

We had a very successful sponsored nursery rhyme time which the children were able to recite 13 songs/rhymes within 3 minutes! Some children have been adding materials to clothing to create rockets. Whilst a group of children were working together to fill turf tray with water using different objects….. and off course splash in!

Monday 12th

This morning there has been lots of outdoor water play. “ Making a bath and drinking water for insects and small animals in our garden to drink and play in.” There has been a lot of discussion using mathematical language “we don’t want it too deep because the animals will drown,” Looking after the insects/small animals that live in our garden.

There was a cafe role play game at the mud kitchen. Using Recipe books to select what to make for the cafe. Lots of co operative play, listening to others and learning from books, helping to develop communication skills.

 

Tuesday

This morning our first group of children visited the shore. They had a picnic snack with sandwiches, fruit and a milk shake. A group of children role played a game on the rocks  developing their gross motor skills, and another group role played tigers negotiating their different roles.

At nursery lots of children used buckets of water and paintbrushes to paint the fence and the wall at the side of the garden. Using different vessels to explore volume and develop the use of mathematical language.

Wednesday

The pre school children had a Bookbug session at school as part of our transition visit. We then went to the classroom to explore and to meet new friends and some of the school teachers.

At nursery a small group of children explored the globe with a little adult support as part of our destinations learning wall. We looked at where countries are on the globe and what the flags are for these countries. Developing our understanding of the world around us and developing our technology skills.

We gathered together to practice our nursery rhymes for our sponsored nursery rhymes day, which we all done really well and learned some new rhymes.

Thursday

This morning we all practiced our races and potted sports in the gym hall at school. Everyone tried hard, there was lots of  encouragement  by cheering each other on from the side lines when it was not their race.

We had lots of stories in the garden, a favourite was Balancing Bertie. Children were predicting what would happen next, giving their ideas and talk about what they liked about the story.

A small group of children gathered items from around the nursery to use as props in their role play game. Using money, car keys and a basket to extend their play/learning.

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Friday

This morning we had our family  Bookbug session. We had a story about a crocodile and played lots of games with the sparkly blanket. Thank you to everyone who joined in.

The art area has been very busy. A group of children have been “costume making “ to create  characters which they then role played in a game together.